Vidgame vet Jerry O'Flaherty will helm the studio's CG-animated "Thundercats" feature, based on the popular '80s cartoon series, comicbook and toy line.

The project marks the first feature directing gig for O'Flaherty, who served as an art director on such bestselling games as "Gears of War" and "Unreal Tournament 3" for Epic Games and the "Command and Conquer" series from Westwood Studios.

O'Flaherty had been looking to make the leap into movies and was considering several projects, even live action.

But the "Thundercats" story appealed to him, as well as the fact that vidgames are increasingly incorporating lavish animated sequences that mimic pics, making a toon a much easier transition.

"It feels like a natural thing for me to step into," he said. "Games have come so far now. The last four years of my life have been about bringing the energy of filmmaking into the videogame experience."

There would be even more (including some that other studios currently got he rights for but produced nothing so far) that Michael Bay unique visual style along with Steven Spielberg could turn into reality on high budget movies with outstanding CGI just like Transformers. However in order to adapt and bring to life each one of just those I listed I think that it would require at least as much effort as it was put on Transformers, those are pretty complex storylines (and the CGI needed for creatures and weapons would be massive and expensive). I hope that in the future Mr.Bay might consider acquiring rights for and directing the adaptation of those japanese anime stories.